Press conferences live: Marco Silva and Mauricio Pellegrino speak to the press after a dramatic draw

Watford head coach Marco Silva is set to speak to the press (Getty Images)

Watford produced a woeful first-half, but followed it up with a spirited second-half display to earn a point against Southampton.

Marco Silva will be dismayed with how his side performed for the opening 45 minutes and he was preparing to make a change with just 30 minutes on the clock - Tom Cleverley's injury meant that would have happened anyway though, with Roberto Pereyra thrown on.

James Ward-Prowse's double gave Saints the two-nil lead after some lacklustre Hornets defending and the boos were loud and clear at the break.

Silva threw Troy Deeney on at half-time and stuck two up front, which revitalised Watford and saw them take the game to Saints.

Andre Gray and Abdoulaye Doucoure got the all important goals and made sure it was not a seventh defeat in eight games for the Hornets.

We're live at Vicarage Road for both Silva's and Mauricio Pellegrino's post-match press conferences, where we'll find out what he said at half-time, what happened to Tom Cleverley and his thoughts on the fightback.

17:41

That's it from Pellegrino

We’ll have plenty more online this evening, thanks for joining us.

17:41

On the second half

We couldn’t manage the ball when we had it; we gave it away and couldn’t be dangerous on the counterattack.

We controlled their direct balls, but it was a pity.

17:38

Dignified response

The referee has pressure too. Everybody at this level, the pressure is to do your best every day. The referee will not be happy now, I imagine.

Obviously the good news is we have to keep playing in this way, like the first half. Everything will be easier.

I try to speak during the game with the fourth official. I repeat, nothing will change it by chatting about it.

We have to try technology. Every single team sport technology helps, and helps to make better decisions.

Why not football? We have to try and analyse.

17:36

On the goal

Yes. My feeling is the same as my players, sad, because even after the break when Watford tried to push us and played more direct, most of the time we controlled it well.

I don’t remember many chances.

The last goal is something that surprised me. For me, the refereeing in the PL is good. This action is clear. But it’s a mistake and everyone makes them.

At this level, when there is a lot to play for, my feeling is I’m disappointed.

17:35

That's it from Marco

And here is Mauricio

17:34

On the half-time team talk

I told them what they deserved to hear at that moment, everyone could see what was happening. Even away, you cannot put a lack of effort in or play within yourselves. Attitude and commitment you always need to have, and there’s no reason to be scared because we are playing at home. I told them what everyone needed to hear, there was more, obviously, but that will stay in the dressing room.

17:30

On Cleverley

We wanted to change Ben for Pereyra, but Tom said to wait a minute and he said he can’t play anymore.

It’s nothing special, but he couldn’t play at that time

17:29

On 4-4-2.

We can use it. We reacted very well in the second half, we can use it more but it depends on my decision.

What I don’t want to see is what we saw in the first half.

17:28

On Deeney's display

Of course. I told him before the match, I have a strategy and I told him he’d be on the bench. I expected a different result and different monmey for when he came on.

He’s an important player for us, everyone knows that.

Everytime he comes off the bench he has a fantastic impact on the team, if we put him in the right physical condition he can have this impact for 90 minutes

17:27

On the goal

I don’t need to talk about the goal more. It can happen. It’s not an easy moment for them, but it’s the first time a decision has gone for us.

We’ve had more than one or two games with referee mistakes, they happen.

I understand their frustration. It’s important we scored the second and we had clear chances to score.

If we scored earlier, we’d have had a chance to win the match.

17:26

Was the team selection wrong?

We have an idea, but we don’t know everything. I made the decision. The game is not 45 or 60 minutes, it’s more and it’s important for me to manage the physical condition.

When we are playing like we are in that moment, of course I need to react and give a different message to our players.

I didn’t want to wait longer to do something. We made a second change at half-time and we played with more risk, with two strikers.

We had the right attitude, we weren’t scared and we controlled it.

I recognised and we recognised our team after the break.

17:24

After the break

After the break it was better and it’s important we recognise our team. The second half was different.

We scored two and had chances to score more. We pushed them back and creatred problems from the 46th minute.We scored two goals and deserved them. It’s an important moment to learn, after the first half.

Too slow with a lack of confidence.

17:23

Marco is here

I think we deserved the result. It’s true we did well in the second half, we did really bad in the first.

It started balanced and we didn’t starts trong like I expected. We had a chance with Andre, our only good moment.

They scored and we didn’t play with the right attitude. We didn’t do enough. We saw Saints play too easily. It wasn’t the right mentality.

17:19

Pressure builds

At half-time, Marco Silva looked like he would be the man under the most pressure at the full-time whistle, instead it’s Pellegrino.

It’ll be interested to see if Silva reveals what he said at the break.

No sign of either manager yet.

17:16

Deeney on the second goal...

“I played the header so I didn’t see that. It’s one of them. They’ll feel like it’s a loss. VAR comes in we probably wouldn’t get that but today we got it. It’s the luck of the draw.”

17:12

While you wait

17:09

Welcome

We’re waiting for the two managers, and all the talk is about Doucoure’s goal and the fact it appeared to be handball.